XRF test results for Parent’s Choice glass bottle with gray markings: 17 ppm Lead & 9 ppm Cadmium (safe by all standards)

XRF test results for the Parent’s Choice glass bottle with gray exterior painted markings – pictured.

Published: March 7, 2022

Reading #1) clear glass of bottle
60-second test (all tests repeated multiple times to confirm test results)

• Lead (Pb): 12 +/- 3 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 5 +/- 2 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): 755 +/- 134 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 298 +/- 46 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 16 +/- 5 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 15 +/- 3 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 1,139 +/- 21 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

Reading #2) gray painted area of logo marking
60-second test

• Lead (Pb): 17 +/- 4 ppm
• Cadmium (Cd): 9 +/- 2 ppm
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): 3,815 +/- 180 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 377 +/- 45 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 794 +/- 27 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 12,100 +/- 100 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 7,294 +/- 753 ppm
• Zirconium (Zr): 387 +/- 7 ppm
• Indium (In): 8 +/- 3 ppm
• Tin (Sn): 16 +/- 4 ppm
• Antimony (Sb): 10 +/- 5 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 1,122 +/- 22 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

Reading #3) white iridescent plastic of collar
(may not be original to bottle)
60-second test

• Lead (Pb): non-detect
• Cadmium (Cd): non-detect
• Mercury (Hg): non-detect
• Arsenic (As): non-detect
• Bromine (Br): non-detect
• Chromium (Cr): 60 +/- 17 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 25 +/- 7 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 7 +/- 4 ppm
• Titanium (Ti): 496 +/- 79 ppm
• Barium (Ba): 179 +/- 34 ppm
• No other metals detected in consumer goods mode.

For some additional reading related to this topic

• Click here to read all of the baby bottle articles (with test results) on this website.
• Click here to read all of the GLASS baby bottle articles on this website.
• Click here to see Lead Safe Mama’s selections for safer choices in baby bottles.
• To see more glass items we have tested, click here.
• To read about why it is a problem if the Lead paint on a bottle (or other glass item) is “only on the outside” – click here.

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Tamara Rubin is a Federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children. Tamara’s sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in August of 2005. She began testing consumer goods for toxicants in 2009 and was the parent-advocate responsible for finding Lead in the popular fidget spinner toys in 2017. Tamara uses XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to test consumer goods for toxicants (specifically heavy metals), including Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Antimony, and Arsenic. All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable. Items are tested multiple times, to confirm the test results for each component tested. Please click through to this link to learn more about the testing methodology used for the test results discussed and reported on this website.